Jim Graham wrote....
Peter McLaughlin and Tony Scallon called the convention to an end in order to not stoop to the low road that RT had gone to in avoiding humiliation.
I'm sorry Jim but as for not stooping...trying to recess and then call a new quorum so that Commissioner McLaughlin could then get a 98% endorsement vote would have been equally low. I joined the party because I had hoped to put an end to this sort of nonsense. I was on the arrangements committee and suggested that we seat by Park District. After all, they were the only non city wide races being handled so voting would not have been a challenge and it would have made doing the individual districts easier. The RULES committee...packed with insiders from both mayoral campaigns insisted we sit by not only by ward but by precinct as well. In this day and age of databases what on earth kept these seemingly smart folks from being able to work the floor by park district. Plug in a couple of commands and there is all of Park District 1 laid out in a nifty spreadsheet. I was told by "the powers that be" that it would be no problem to check folks in and issue credentials based on Park District. Just imagine how easy it would have been to seat people in 6, yes SIX areas by park district. I would personally like to thank Senator Linda Higgins for not just sitting on her hands and getting up to the microphone and rearranging people so that we could "get on with it" .
Liz Wielinski Columbia Park
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